Who's who?

By the way, it's good to remember that a male Witch or Wiccan is not called a Warlock. He is a Witch or Wiccan, too. Warlock derived from an Old English word for oath breaker; later, during the mid-1400s, the word came to mean liar (whether the person was male or female). So to call a male Witch a Warlock is a nasty insult. For the purposes of simplicity, this website will use the word Witch for both male and female Witches or Wiccans.

The words Wizard and Sorcerer can be used for a man or a woman. Wizard derives from a term meaning "Wise", and Sorcerer means "Witch" or "Diviner". Writers Gerald Gardner and Sir James Frazier are commonly given credit for coining the term Wiccan and kick-starting the modern movement in the 1950s. The word Magician is also appropriate for both sexes and for both Witches and Wiccans.